Passport to Peking : a very British mission to Mao's China / Patrick Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--China--History--20th century.

British.

Great Britain--Relations--China.

Great Britain.

China--Relations--Great Britain.

China.

China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.

Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.

Mao, Zedong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (614 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

President Nixon's famous 1972 trip has gone down in history as the first great opening between the West and Communist China. However, eighteen years previously, former prime minister Clement Attlee had also been to China to shake Chairman Mao by the hand. In the second half of 1954, scores of European delegations set off for Beijing, in response to Prime Minister Chou En-lai's invitation to 'come and see' the New China and celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Communist victory. In this delightfully eclectic book, part comedy, part travelogue, and part cultural history, Patrick Wright uncover

Contents:

pt. 1. In the spirit of Geneva (London to Minsk)

pt. 2. One good elk and dinner with the Politburo (Moscow)

pt. 3. Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator)

pt. 4. Listening to the Oriole (China)

pt. 5. The artist's reckoning (China).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-162473-X

1-283-29677-2

9786613296771

0-19-161266-9

OCLC:

756484837